Fest seems open to green trend

May 22, 2007 With the festival screening of Leonardo DiCaprio's "The 11th Hour" and last year's premiere of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," it's obvious that environmental documentaries have found favor with Cannes' programmers. Less obvious is whether the message of these films is having any effect on Cannes and the hordes of film executives swarming the Croisette. The green message of "11th Hour" stands in sharp contrast to the tones of CO2 emissions and mountains of trash produced during the festival.

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